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Where is democracy heading? Is our freedom in danger? Inspired by the global COVID-19 lockdown, the #Forum2000online Chats offer interviews with politicians, experts, human rights defenders, journalists and diplomats – relevant and interesting people from the Forum 2000 network - discussing the most significant current developments and looking at how they impact the future of democracy and freedom. Governments tend to accumulate power in times of crisis - and we need to make sure they renounce it, once normalcy returns!
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Kleptocracy: a force against markets and democracy
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
The study of kleptocracy as a global phenomenon typically focuses on individuals who steal money from the state for personal gain. In this week’s #Forum2000online Chat, John Zemko and Andréa Ngombet joined Jessica Ludwig, Director of Freedom and Democracy at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, USA, to look at a broader issue of kleptocratic behavior channeled through public institutions and foreign governments as well as through individual kleptocrats. They explain what kleptocracy is, what corrosive capital is, and what the main strategies used by kleptocrats are as well as their impact and consequences. John Zemko is the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in Washington, D.C. Andréa Ngombet is the founder of the Sassoufit Collective, a Paris-based organization advocating for democracy, human rights, and anti-corruption in the Republic of the Congo and elsewhere in Africa.
This interview was recorded on January 23, 2023, and it is tied to the paper Kleptocracy and its Global Impact on Markets and Democracy. It is the result of a cooperation between Forum 2000, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights who met during the 26th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague. Read the full document here: https://www.forum2000.cz/en/news/kleptocracy-its-global-impact-on-markets-and-democracy
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